“Many people may find this [unappealing], but the sound of fish moving is important to farmers and [indicates] the size of the fish and whether it is in distress or just looking for food,” says Teng, who started helping out at his father’s seawater farm when he was seven. “I started with feeding the fish, then later helped with cleaning the water and the ponds in which the fish were kept,” he recounts, adding that his father allowed him to perform the delicate task of “removing the eggs from the belly of the fish” only when he was in his teens.
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SINGAPORE (Sept 16): For as long as he could remember, 64-year-old Teng Ah Huat had woken up to the smell of seawater and the sound of fish sloshing in it.
